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Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic join EU Film Festival lineup in US
Pupi Avati will introduce his Italian romance Incantanto (The Heart Is Elsewhere) as the opening film of the upcomingannual EU Showcase festival, which runs in Washington DC from Oct 29-Nov 9.Organised by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the EuropeanCommission Delegation in Washington, the event features a host of festivalwinners ...
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New Zealand to host Women In Film International summit
About 350 delegates will converge on Auckland from April 21-24 next year for the biennial conference of Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI), immediately following a two-day board meeting that will set the agenda for the next 12 months."It will be an exciting blend of networking opportunities and professional ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
In their second weekend at the chart, the latest local release Small World and Pirates Of The Caribbean held onto the two top positions in spite of SWAT opening. The Farrell/Jackson vehicle sold 4,991 tickets for the three-day weekend, making $12,706 for distributor Tuck. Small World proved to be ...
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SPAIN
Spanish films continued performing well at the local box office. Comedy Football Days (Dias De Futbol) held steady in third position on its fifth weekend out through Buena Vista International, earning a cumulative Euros 6.55m. The total makes it the second highest grossing Spanish film of the year to date.Paz ...
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Sandra Bullock sets Fortis, Miss Congeniality 2 at Warner
Sandra Bullockwill produce and reprise her lead role as an undercover special agent in thefollow-up to Miss Congeniality, which will be produced by Castle Rock, Village Roadshow Picturesand Bullock's Fortis Films and released through Warner Bros.In addition Fortis Films has extended its deal with WarnerBros by two years and expanded ...
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Makhmalbaf's Afternoon wins India fest prize
Samira Makhmalbaf's At Five In The Afternoon has won The Golden Peacock for the Best Film in the Asian competition section of the International Film Festival of India.The film has previously won the Special Jury Award at Cannes. Makhmalbaf, who was not present to receive her prize, donated her cash ...
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Jeunet's Engagement set for French approval
Following months of uncertainty, Jean Pierre Jeunet's latest effort, A Very Long Engagement, looks set to receive its stamp of approval from France's national cinema centre (CNC).In an interview with French daily Les Echos published Tuesday, CNC director David Kessler said he was prepared to sign off on the film ...
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April, Architect win audience awards at Chicago
Peter Hedges'comedy-drama Pieces Of April tookhome the Audience Choice Award gold plaque and Nathaniel Kahn's MyArchitect claimed silver at the 39thChicago International Film Festival, which ran from Oct 2-16.Hedges' acclaimed filmstars Katie Holmes as an independent young woman who reconnects with herdysfunctional family over the traditional American Thanksgiving dinner.Patricia Clarkson, ...
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Crowe, Bullock, Hoffman to present at BAFTA/LA's big night
Alan Cummingwill host BAFTA/LA's 12th Annual Britannia Awards in Los Angeles on Nov8.Presenters atthe upcoming awards show include Billy Connolly, Dustin Hoffman, Russell Crowe,Robin Williams, Jane Seymour, Robert Wagner and Sandra Bullock.As previouslyreported here, Hugh Grant will receive the annual Stanley Kubrick BritanniaAward for excellence in film and director Peter ...
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Warner Independent teams with Cherry Road
WarnerIndependent Pictures, the specialty arm of Warner Bros which launched in August2003, has secured a development and co-production fund with Cherry Road Films.Under the dealthe two companies will jointly develop projects - mostly from books, plays orpre-existing screenplays - with writers, directors and other producers.Cherry Road willalso have the opportunity ...
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UGC Cinemas expands UK circuit
As part of its expansion strategy, European cinema operator UGC Cinemas has announced a number of initiatives including the acquisition of the Warner Village Cinema in Nottingham as well as plans to invest £20m in its existing UGC Cinema in Ealing, West London.UGC plans to add an additional two screens ...
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Vanco winds down US indie Cowboy
Six years afterJohn Vanco and Noah Cowan launched the New York-based independent distributorCowboy Pictures, Vanco is to close the company down. The closure comes despitethe arrival of Lot 47 CEO Greg Williams to join Vanco as partner in Cowboy inMay this year. Cowan had already left to pursue other interests ...
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Redbus develops horror film Fever
Redbus Pictures has stepped up its commitment to horror films, following the huge success it has had distributing Cabin Fever in the UK.Redbus has greenlit new horror production The 9th Passenger and has taken a co-producer credit on Madhouse with Lakeshore Entertainment.Budgeted at $10m, The 9th Passenger is set for ...
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Spain's merged pay-TV platform reveals first figures
In the first figures released from Spain's new digital satellite pay TV platform Digital Plus since its July 21 merger, the platform boasted 50,000 new subscribers in September alone.Digital Plus's current total of 1.8m subscribers includes the dissolution of 30,000 overlapped subscriptions from merged platforms Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) and ...
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Italian industry rages at Sky's film tactics
Italian producers are up in arms after discovering that Rupert Murdoch's Sky Italia will invest far less on Italian film than the Euros 50m previously thought. It has emerged that Italy's only pay-tv platform aims to spend a total of Euros 50m on all acquisitions from Italian distributors - including ...
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US non-profit Global outlines international film series
The Global FilmInitiative, the US-based charitable foundation dedicated to the promotion ofcross-cultural understanding through cinema, is less than one month away fromlaunching its inaugural annual film showcase.Entitled GlobalLens: New Cinema from the Developing World, the programme will run at New York's GramercyTheatre from Nov 13-30 before embarking on a nationwide ...
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Valladolid lines up 21 Spanish premieres of international titles
Spain's Valladolid International Film Week (Oct 24-Nov 1), kicks off this weekend with an official selection featuring the Spanish premieres of 21 top-notch international titles, including opening film Dogville from Lars von Trier and closing film Anything Else from Woody Allen, both screening out of competition.The line-up boasts several foreign-language ...
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Sweden's TV3 strikes BVITV deal
Entertainment channel TV3, part of Sweden's Modern Times Group, has struck a licensing deal with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) for series, animated programming and a package of feature films. The deal, which covers Sweden, Norway and Denmark, includes Armageddon and Pretty Woman, Die Hard With A Vengeance and While ...